HACKNEY council signed off plans to put three-quarters of its streets into LTNs in what it is billing as “the country’s most ambitious plan” to tackle toxic air.
The borough already has the highest number of the schemes in London, with roughly half of its roads covered by traffic management measures.
Mayor Philip Glanville said Hackney’s Three Year Local Implementation Plan would see the area have the largest number of car restrictions, public electric vehicle chargers and cycle parking in the capital.
Under the new proposals Dalston, Hoxton, Chatsworth Road, Craven Walk, Cazenove Road and Stamford Hill will have the LTNs installed between now and 2025/26.
It adds to schemes already in place in London Fields, Hackney Downs and Stoke Newington, which only cyclists, emergency vehicles and bin lorries are permitted to pass through.
LTNs use either physical filters, such as bollards and planters, or traffic cameras to stop vehicles using some smaller residential streets as through-routes, while cyclists and pedestrians are unaffected.
Disabled drivers who hold blue badges and live outside the LTN areas will also be allowed to pass through some of the car filters.
Opponents have claimed the road blocks move traffic from a few, often wealthier, streets and into neighbouring areas.
“There is no justification for safer, quieter roads for some at others’ expense,” residents group Hackney Together said.
